VW independent/submitted information MIDDLE POINT — A Delphos man was killed Sunday night when he was struck by a semi tractor-trailer while making repairs to his vehicle along U.S. 30 in Washington Township. Jeffrey Brown, 44, was pronounced dead at the scene by a representative of the Van Wert County Coroner’s Office from injuries sustained […]
POSTED: 04/05/21 at 7:03 am. FILED UNDER: News
VW independent/submitted information First Federal of Van Wert announces the hiring of Thad Eikenbary, who will be joining the organization as a commercial loan officer. Eikenbary is a 1987 graduate of Van Wert High School and a 1991 graduate of Ohio Northern University with a BSBA in Accounting and Finance. Thad was employed with Central […]
POSTED: 04/05/21 at 6:55 am. FILED UNDER: News
VW independent/submitted information LIMA — The Ohio Department of Transportation’s District 1 has listed the following road projects for Van Wert County: U.S. 30 eastbound, at the Dog Creek Road overhead, near the village of Middle Point, will have lane restrictions for bridge maintenance. Market Street over Town Creek, between Central Avenue and Crawford Street, in the […]
POSTED: 04/05/21 at 6:49 am. FILED UNDER: News
Van Wert independent sports Baseball Bryan 13 Van Wert 9Van Wert 25 Bryan 22 Van Wert and Bryan split a doubleheader with Bryan at Smiley Park on Saturday with the Golden Bears handing the Cougars their first loss of the season in the opening game, followed by a wild comeback by Van Wert in the […]
POSTED: 04/05/21 at 3:52 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
Van Wert independent sports VERSAILLES — Crestview opened the 2021 track and field season by placing fourth out of 10 boys’ teams and fifth out of nine girls’ teams at the Versailles Invitational on Saturday. Top eight results are listed below. Boys Jordan Updegrove-1st-110M Hurdles (17.62), 1st 300 Hurdles (44.98)Ja’Rontae Jackson-5th 100 MDayton Schuerman-1st 1600 […]
POSTED: 04/05/21 at 3:51 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
SCOTT TRUXELL/independent sports editor This week’s Monday Mailbag features questions about Van Wert’s stadium situation, the Cincinnati Reds and Cleveland Indians, game cancelations, and tonight’s NCAA men’s national championship game. Q: Does the generous donation by Mel and Arlene Hurless for play clocks mean there’s no chance a new stadium will be built in Van […]
POSTED: 04/05/21 at 3:50 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
Karenann Winters, 76, of Grover Hill and formerly of Hackettstown, New Jersey, passed away Friday, April 2, 2021, at Parkview Regional Medical Center in Fort Wayne, Indiana. She was born January 24, 1945, in Passaic, New Jersey, the daughter of Charles and Viola (Mayer) Murray, who both preceded her in death. On May 21, 1966, […]
POSTED: 04/04/21 at 9:33 pm. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
DAVE MOSIER/independent editor Even to the casual observer, young couple Tim and Dayna Motycka had a lot on their plate. Both had full-time jobs, were spending uncounted hours rehabbing the older home they had purchased, and were raising three young children, Kaden, Haley, and Rylee, a chronically ill baby who seemed to be always sick […]
POSTED: 04/03/21 at 6:48 am. FILED UNDER: News
Van Wert independent staff LIMA — A jury on Friday found Convoy resident Vicky Shellabarger guilty of three of four counts related to the death of her 22-month-old daughter, Madilynn. Although the jury deadlocked on whether Shellabarger, 38, was guilty of murder, it returned guilty verdicts on one count of involuntary manslaughter, a felony of […]
POSTED: 04/03/21 at 5:57 am. FILED UNDER: News
VW independent/submitted information BLUE CREEK TOWNSHIP — A Grover Hill woman was killed Friday afternoon in a two-vehicle accident that occurred at the intersection of U.S. 127 and Township Road 48 in Paulding County. Karenann Winters, 76, was pronounced dead at Parkview Regional Medical Center in Fort Wayne, Indiana, from injuries received in the accident. […]
POSTED: 04/02/21 at 11:56 pm. FILED UNDER: News